SAG-AFTRA & WGA East Join News Unions Urging President Biden To Help Journalists Fleeing Afghanistan
The presidents of five unions representing journalists are calling on President Joe Biden to support news crews and their families who are trying to flee Afghanistan.
“The United States government must stand behind a free press,” they said in a letter sent to Biden today. “We now ask for your administration’s support for our colleagues and journalists overseas who are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan. We call on your administration to facilitate the safe transit of all journalists, interpreters, translators, camera crews, support staff and their families to protected areas of the U.S.-controlled airport in Kabul and to facilitate the movement of those journalists and their families out of Afghanistan.”
The letter was signed by SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, WGA East president Beau Willimon, NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss, National Writers Union president Larry Goldbetter and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians president Charlie Braico.
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“The United States government must stand behind a free press,” they said in a letter sent to Biden today. “We now ask for your administration’s support for our colleagues and journalists overseas who are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan. We call on your administration to facilitate the safe transit of all journalists, interpreters, translators, camera crews, support staff and their families to protected areas of the U.S.-controlled airport in Kabul and to facilitate the movement of those journalists and their families out of Afghanistan.”
The letter was signed by SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, WGA East president Beau Willimon, NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss, National Writers Union president Larry Goldbetter and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians president Charlie Braico.
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- 8/23/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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